Private foundation · EIN 04-6004808 · Boston, MA · Return for the year ending 2023-12-31

Where The Devonshire Foundation's grants went

It reported $3.13M in grants paid across 41 lines. WHOFUNDS matched 78.1% of those dollars to 26 recipient organizations.

View the 990-PF

What its filing says about applications

Preselected only It checked the 990-PF box saying it only gives to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Website on filing
WWW.THEDEVONSHIREFOUNDATION.ORG

Contact names and phone numbers are on the filing itself. WHOFUNDS doesn't republish them.

Grants paid 40 published lines

RecipientPaidPurpose as filedMatch
Friends of the Children - Boston
Roxbury, MA · EIN 20-1581289
$275,000FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN, BOSTON'S THREE-YEAR GRANT SUPPORTS INCREASING THEIR FUNDRAISING CAPACITY AND RESILIENCY, TO INCREASE FUNDRAISING B…Same street 1.00
Tech Goes Home
Boston, MA · EIN 20-8629591
$253,400TECH GOES HOME'S THREE-YEAR GRANT SUPPORTS EXPANSION OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT AND EARNED REVENUE TEAMS TO INCREASE FUNDRAISING AND EARNED REVEN…Same city 1.00
Bikes Not Bombs
Roxbury, MA · EIN 04-3138753
$235,000THREE-YEAR GRANT SUPPORTS INCREASING STAFF CAPACITY TO DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF YOUTH SERVED AND INCREASE ANNUAL FUNDRAISING CAPACITY.Same address 1.00
United South End Settlements
Boston, MA · EIN 04-2104280
$215,200UNITED SOUTH END SETTLEMENTS' (USES) THREE-YEAR GRANT SUPPORTS USES'S FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH IMPROVED FUNDRAISING AND EARNED REVE…Same address 1.00
Breaktime
Boston, MA · no confident EIN match
$205,000THREE-YEAR CAPACITY BUILDING GRANT TO SUPPORT BREAKTIME'S STATEWIDE EXPANSION THROUGH BUILDING ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY AND INCREASED DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS.Unmatched Help match
Coaching for Change
Taunton, MA · EIN 27-3708397
$195,000COACHING FOR CHANGE'S THREE-YEAR GRANT SUPPORTS THE HIRING OF A DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM…Same address 1.00
Manomet
Manomet, MA · EIN 22-3051362
$190,000MANOMETS THREE-YEAR GRANT SUPPORTS EMBEDDING DEI INTO ITS EDUCATION AND OUTREACH WORK, AND TO DEVELOP A SUSTAINABLY FUNDED PIPELINE INTO CO…Exact name 1.00
Trustees of Boston University Dba WBUR
Boston, MA · no confident EIN match
$164,885WBUR'S THREE-YEAR GRANT SUPPORTS BUILDING THE REPORTING CAPACITY OF EARTHWHILE, WBUR'S ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISM VERTICAL AND INCREASING EARTHWHILE'S AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT THROUGH A NEWSLETTER AND EVENTS.Unmatched Help match
Silver Lining Mentoring
Boston, MA · EIN 04-3575764
$150,000SILVER LINING MENTORINGS (SLM) THREE-YEAR GRANT SUPPORTS INCREASING ITS COMMUNICATIONS CAPACITY TO MEET THE MENTOR RECRUITMENT AND FUNDRAIS…Same street 1.00
College Bound Dorchester
Dorchester, MA · no confident EIN match
$150,000COLLEGE BOUND DORCHESTER'S THREE-YEAR GRANT WILL SUPPORT CREATING AND SUSTAINING THE UNCORNERED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM WILL RECRUIT AND TRAIN INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE UNCORNERED PROGRAM TO BECOME PROFESSIONAL CUnmatched Help match
The Loop Lab
Boston, MA · EIN 82-3829806
$120,000THE LOOP LAB'S (TLL) THREE-YEAR, CAPACITY BUILDING GRANT SUPPORTS EXPANDING TLL'S INCOME EARNING PRODUCTION CAPACITY AND SIGNIFICANTLY ENHA…Exact name 1.00
Building Audacity
Boston, MA · EIN 83-4650961
$100,000BUILDING AUDACITY'S THREE-YEAR GRANT SUPPORTS OVERALL FUNDRAISING AND THE HIRING THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS DIRECTOR TO HELP SCALE BUILDING…Exact name 1.00
Chica
Quincy, MA · EIN 45-3866647
$100,000CHICA PROJECT'S THREE-YEAR GRANT SUPPORTS INCREASING THE STAFF CAPACITY NEEDED TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF YOUNG UNDERSERVED LATINAS AND OTHE…Same address 0.84
Doc Wayne
Boston, MA · EIN 27-4216064
$80,000DOC WAYNES THREE-YEAR GRANT SUPPORTS CONTINUING TO SOLIDIFY THE LAUNCH OF THE CHAMPIONS NETWORK, EMPOWERING POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROF…Same city 1.00
Mystic River Watershed Association
Arlington, MA · EIN 23-7221094
$75,000MYSTIC RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION'S (MYRWA) THREE-YEAR GRANT SUPPORTS MYRWA TO BUILD A MORE ROBUST ANNUAL GIVING PROGRAM, AND TO PUT MYRWA…Same ZIP 1.00
Origination Cultural Arts Center
Jamaica Plain, MA · no confident EIN match
$75,000ORIGINATION'S THREE-YEAR GRANT SUPPORTS HIRING DEVELOPMENT STAFF TO INCREASE FUNDRAISING AND MANAGE DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS.Unmatched Help match
Alternatives for Community and Environment
Roxbury, MA · EIN 04-3228509
$70,000THREE-YEAR GRANT SUPPORTS INCREASING INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROL AND INFRASTRUCTURE.Same address 0.90
Hale Education
Westwood, MA · EIN 04-2111550
$70,000HALE'S THREE-YEAR, CAPACITY BUILDING GRANT SUPPORTS BUILDING HALES DIGITAL PRESENCE THROUGH A NEW WEBSITE, ACCESSIBLE APPLICATIONS, AND TAR…Same address 0.81
Louis D Brown Peace Institute Corp
Dorchester, MA · EIN 26-3068254
$50,000MATCHING GRANTSame address 1.00
Mystic River Watershed Association
Arlington, MA · EIN 23-7221094
$50,000MATCHING GRANTSame ZIP 1.00
Silver Lining Mentoring
Boston, MA · EIN 04-3575764
$50,000MATCHING GRANTSame street 1.00
Social Innovation Forum
Boston, MA · EIN 47-3923576
$50,000ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE TRACK PARTNERSame city 1.00
The Boston Foundation
Boston, MA · no confident EIN match
$47,754DISTRIBUTION FOR THE DEVONSHIRE FOUNDATION'S BOARD MEMBER DONOR ADVISORY ACCOUNTUnmatched Help match
Building Audacity
Boston, MA · EIN 83-4650961
$25,000BUILDING AUDACITY'S THREE-YEAR GRANT SUPPORTS OVERALL FUNDRAISING AND THE HIRING THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS DIRECTOR TO HELP SCALE BUILDING…Exact name 1.00
Company ONE Theatre
Boston, MA · no confident EIN match
$25,000MATCHING GRANTUnmatched Help match
Trustees of Tufts College
Medford, MA · EIN 04-2103634
$16,411DISTRIBUTION FOR XANTHAKY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUNDKnown alias 1.00
Trustees of Tufts College
Medford, MA · EIN 04-2103634
$14,923DISTRIBUTION FOR XANTHAKY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUNDKnown alias 1.00
Philanthropy Massachusetts
Boston, MA · EIN 04-2457605
$13,000ANNUAL MEMBERSHIPSame address 1.00
American Foreign Service Association
Washington, DC · EIN 53-0173091
$7,458DISTRIBUTION FOR XANTHAKY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUNDSame address 1.00
American Foreign Service Association
Washington, DC · EIN 53-0173091
$6,943DISTRIBUTION FOR XANTHAKY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUNDSame address 1.00
Boston Food Forest Coalition
Jamaica Plain, MA · EIN 46-5327936
$5,000ONE-YEAR GRANT TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATING.Same address 0.99
Conservation Law Foundation
Boston, MA · EIN 04-6149986
$5,000ONE-YEAR GRANT TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATING.Same address 1.00
Groundwork Somerville
Somerville, MA · EIN 04-3537152
$5,000ONE-YEAR GRANT TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATING.Same street 0.88
Lowell Parks & Conservation Trust
Lowell, MA · EIN 22-3070912
$5,000ONE-YEAR GRANT TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATING.Same address 1.00
Science Club for Girls
Cambridge, MA · EIN 14-1892866
$5,000ONE-YEAR GRANT TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATING.Same ZIP 1.00
Young Man with a Plan
Hyde Park, MA · EIN 88-1544048
$5,000ONE-YEAR GRANT TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATING.Same ZIP 1.00
Resist Inc (Boston Climate Action Network)
Boston, MA · no confident EIN match
$5,000ONE-YEAR GRANT TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATING.Unmatched Help match
Third Sector New England (Mattapan Food and Fitness)
Mattapan, MA · no confident EIN match
$5,000ONE-YEAR GRANT TO MATTAPAN FOOD AND FITNESS TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATING.Unmatched Help match
Urban Farming Institute
Mattapan, MA · no confident EIN match
$5,000ONE-YEAR GRANT TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATING.Unmatched Help match
National Center for Family Philanthropy
Washington, DC · EIN 52-2055016
$2,500ANNUAL MEMBERSHIPSame address 1.00

1 more line ($1,630) isn't listed because the payee name as filed could identify a private person.

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    7 recipients in common
  8. The Pfizer Foundation New York, NY
    6 recipients in common

Where this comes from

Grant lines are from Part XV of this foundation's Form 990-PF (XML). The filing names each payee but gives no tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched payees to the IRS Business Master File. Lines it couldn't match confidently are listed as filed. Method and limits.